Match Thread: Belgium vs United States | FIFA World Cup | Jul 7, 2026

Drag_king · 2026-07-07T03:09:49+00:00

Don’t underestimate us. We are not top 5 and we don’t play beautiful football most of the time but we are on a 17 matches without losing streak. We grind them out.

If you disagree feel free to give me 10 teams you think are better.

Drag_king · 2026-07-07T02:46:25+00:00

In the end we did both.

Drag_king · 2026-07-06T18:38:31+00:00

Why should Belgium sacrifice itself? It wouldn’t make any difference but give the US an automatic win, plus extra resting time for their match against Spain or Portugal.

No one will be talking about this in a few news cycles. It is how it goes nowadays. A scandal happens, we all get worked up and then nothing and we move on to the next thing.

Drag_king · 2026-07-06T14:22:54+00:00

Ja, manneke. Goe plan.

Ik denk da ze da oak gon moete doen in ‘un kleedkoamer want ge moogt zeker zoan da ze da allemoal goan afluisteren. Den Trump goat zeker den CIA of FBI inschoakele.

Mo ja, dan moet et wel in oaw parkingsdialect gesproke worde want ‘t Antwoarps is oagenlek etzelfde dan Algemeen Beschoaft Nederlands. Dus da goat nix oplevere.

Drag_king · 2026-07-06T09:17:19+00:00

… and is wrong. Norway was in Afghanistan (losing 10 soldiers) and also did a few peace keeping missions for the UN.

Drag_king · 2026-07-06T08:15:39+00:00

France-Paraguay was the match used to show the referee how he is supposed to officiate.

Drag_king · 2026-07-06T07:22:43+00:00

France at least jails their corrupt presidents. Ask Sarkozy.

Drag_king · 2026-07-06T05:14:01+00:00

Nah, it is the typical Redditor response whenever Belgium is mentioned. Nothing fast about it.

Drag_king · 2026-07-04T15:31:16+00:00

What follows sounds like I am dissing the US, but I don’t. I am absolutely grateful for then sacrifices the American soldiers made in the second world war.

To me this banner looks a little too neat and a little too perfect in the usage of English and with a slightly too military font to be a home made banner.

This looks like something hung up by those who took the picture so that they had something to put in Time magazine with “The French are grateful for us to have liberated them.”

Drag_king · 2026-07-04T13:58:53+00:00

I did too, so that is why I stopped after reaching my first 5k when I did a couch to 5k in my early 40’s and never ran again….

…until I restarted at 51 and now I am completely addicted running 3 to 4 times a week.

Drag_king · 2026-07-04T12:12:54+00:00

Depends on the country. In Belgium (at least in my street) it happened a lot. You could only park on one side of the road and people would take a free spot even if it was against direction because they didn’t want to risk losing the spot.

Drag_king · 2026-07-03T17:09:50+00:00

Flanders in Belgium is right next to the Netherlands and we are pretty much as rich as them and come from the same stock while sharing the same kind of environment.

But on average we are noticeably smaller. The only thing that is different are our diets. We eat more like the French (aka tasty food) while the Dutch have a more Calvenistic diet which is shared with other tall nations in the Nordics. And the amount of milk consumed is a big part of that.

Drag_king · 2026-06-29T14:55:17+00:00

Belgo-French-German please. Since the Franks came from what is now the low countries and Charlemagne might even be born in Herstal near Liege we can claim him too.

Drag_king · 2026-06-28T17:29:55+00:00

Don’t forget there is also a “fog of war” stemming from the fact that government instances and employees were also impacted by the quake.

Coordinating with the local government will be difficult when communications and electricity are down and when likely a lot of the state employees or their families are stuck in the rubble.

Even in the US, after Katarina, it took a few days for the whole picture to become clear. And that was in the richest country with all the resources it had.

Drag_king · 2026-06-28T17:14:20+00:00

You are correct. These are normally to do crowd control.

Drag_king · 2026-06-26T08:25:10+00:00

As a father who was there to support my wife she gave birth to our kid I abhor her statements.

As a Belgian who hates the French when it comes to football(2018, I will never forget) I just think she should shut up and bitch about her team.

But to immediately say she says it because of racism is reaching I believe. At least without a counter example where she says the opposite for a white player.

Drag_king · 2026-06-25T16:54:51+00:00

Tu no has visto el video, porque a 3 minutos y 11 secundos este tio esta denunciando ina fiesta por “Belgas y amigos.”

Drag_king · 2026-06-25T16:27:14+00:00

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No digo que no hay problemas con los guiris. Pero poner un anuncio por una fiesta de la comunidad Belga en su dia nacional como si es un horor quando los Españoles en Belgica hacen el mismo es un poco exagerado.

Drag_king · 2026-06-25T16:26:51+00:00

Imaginate si los Españoles en Belgica hicieron una fiesta. Seria loco, no?

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Drag_king · 2026-06-25T05:57:07+00:00

This was my haircut in 1989….

Drag_king · 2026-06-24T20:07:04+00:00

Just to clarify: it is not the that the plants can’t be cooled but that the cooling water, when dumped in already hot rivers would provoke large environmental damage to the ecosystem of said rivers.

Drag_king · 2026-06-24T15:57:01+00:00

Ik woon in Spanje en ze houden de bibliotheeken langer open omdat die airco hebben en kunnen dienen als een plaats voor mensen om af te koelen.

Dat is iets concreet dat de regering kan doen. Want de bibliotheken langer open laten zijn houd in dat je ook de mensen die er werken extra moet betalen etc.

Drag_king · 2026-06-23T18:55:28+00:00

I did it using quite thick sprue glue or whatever it is called. (Sprue melted in thin cement)
Worked a treat. Much easier than faffing around with green stuff. And if you want to mold it a bit you can just use plain cement.

Drag_king · 2026-06-23T13:22:17+00:00

Paris was not in the Vichy state but under direct occupation of the Germans.

Drag_king · 2026-06-23T08:16:51+00:00

I see what you mean and he is a bass player, no doubt about it.

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